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To Find The Future, Find The Past

Chapter Thrity Four

The Portal

Zel eyed the portal with distrust. She didn't believe that it would take them back to Zelda's world. they had done a bit of travelling for the last few hours, and had emerged in these ruins in the forest. It was the remains of the ancient Temple of the Gods, which once housed the Master Sword. She was still not sure how Sheik and Dark Linn had found it. She was not even sure if they knew how they found it.

"Come on. There's only one way to find out!" Dark Linn cried, jumping into the portal. Zel looked at Sheik, afraid. Sheik looked unsure herself.

"He's right." She said simply, and jumped through after him. Zel looked into the portal, and shrugged.

"Gotta die some day." She sighed defeatedly, and summoned her courage. She wasn't gonna stay there on her own. She closed her eyes, and jumped through.

OTHER HYRULE

Link and Linn stumbelled through the trees, trying to keep up with the Sages. They were both tired, but both refused to call out for help. Once they made it out of the trees, Linn caught sight of the remains of Lon Lon Ranch. A memory flashed through his head.

"Linn? Link? Zelda? Where are you?" She called at the top of her lungs.

"Right here, Zel." Linn came up behind her. At that moment, the entire house burst into flames.

"Where's Link and Zelda?" Zel asked, frantic. As she spoke, there was a faint call from atop the building.

"I'm up here!"

Zel began to panic even more. Linn was already taking off anything that would catch alight easily. He dropped his hat, his sword belt, and his sheath in the pile he was leaving behind.

"Stay here!" He called as he entered the fire, "I'll find them!"

"The Master Sword..." Linn whispered to himself, "Stop!" He called out at the others. Link was so surprised that he faltered, and fell over.

"What is it?" Impa called back over her shoulder, impatient. Link picked himself up off the ground, and listened intently.

"I have to get something at the ranch!" Linn hurried up to her, with Link not far behind.

"There is nothing there." Impa said sternly, "It was burnt to ashes, Linn."

"No!" Lin protested like a small child who was denied a treat, "I'm sure it's there! Just let me go and check!"

"Very well." Impa sighed in defeat, "Nabouru and Ruto, go with him. Darunia, you will come with Link and I. We must press on to the Fire Temple." Everyone nodded, and they went their seperate ways.

ZELDA AND DARK LINN

Zelda was the first to wake up. She groaned, and sat up.

She felt a shift in the ground under her, and opened her eyes in a panic. She looked ahead of her, and saw nothing but ocean. Behind her, there was a small village on the island. She did not see Dark Linn or Zel.

She stood up, and made her way through the village. It was in the dead of night, and everyone was inside. Zelda crept through the small village, and made her way to a small ascending path headding to a bridge that was suspended high in the mountain. She eyed the bridge curiously, and began the steep climb.

It was like making her way through a fissure in a rock. There were parts where she had to suck in her stomach and hold her breath to get through. Once she came to the opening at the beginning of the path, she looked out over the small island in awe. There were four houses, of which one of then looked to be double story. There was a lookout tower, and a dock just to the left of it. There were a few small fishing boats docked there, and a much larger ship off to the side of the island.

Zelda looked at the large ship in wonder. It was something straight out of a fairytale book. The flag flapping in the breeze bore the skull and crossbones on a black tattered background. It was a pirate's ship.

"Mistress?" There was a small voice from behind her. Zelda spun around, but did not see anyone.

"Up here!" The voice called. Zelda looked up, and had to try hard to stifle a giggle.

Dark Linn was in a tree. He was tangled in the branches, and seemed to be fighting to free himself. She looked around her, and spotted a large hooked sword, about the length of her arm. She picked it up, and handed it to Dark Linn.

"Try this." She said as he took it from her. He tried hacking at the branches for a few minutes, before he came loose.

"Where is the Princess?" Dark Linn looked around in the same manner that Zelda had done a few minutes ago. He threw the sword somewhere into the distance. Zelda did not see where it landed.

"I don't know." Zelda admitted, "But we better find her. Who knows whats out here?"

"I do." A strange female voice said behind the pair, "I can even show you where the monsters come from." Zelda whipped around, and found herself staring at a girl, not much older then her, with a bandanna tied around her neck.

"Where are we?" Zelda stammered, watching the strange blonde girl nervously.

"You are on Outset Island. Now, who are you, and what are you doing here?" The stranger demanded.

HYRULE

Linn, Ruto, and Nabouru got to the ranch about noon. Linn hobbled through the ashes, to where he thought it was. He found the foundations of the house and barn, and began to feel around.

Linn's hands closed around something hard and cool. With a little effort, he freed the object. He smirked, and held it up into the light.

The Master Sword glinted in the sunlight, magic swirling around its blade. He felt more secure now that he had the fabled 'Blade of Evil's Bane' in his grasp. He knew that it's power was not paramount in this dimension, because this dimension had its own Master Sword, but it was still one of the more powerfull blades.

He sheathed it in his new scabbard, giving the gilded sword to Nabouru to keep.

"We'd better catch up with the others." Ruto said, looking out towards Death Mountain, "They must be there by now." Linn and Nabouru agreed, and they were about to ste off, when a glint in the sunlight caught Linn's eye.

"Hold on." he stopped the women, "What's that?" he asked, pointing the glint out. The three of them all cautiously made their way over to it.

"It's a chest." Nabouru whispered, brushing some ash off it. Unlike many chests in the old days, it was made of metal. Most chests were made of wood in the old days. Whatever was inside it must have either been extremely valuable or extremely dangerous. Or both.

"Isn't that the Royal Emblem?" Ruto asked Nabouru, pointing out a small drawing etched in the metal. Nabouru nodded."

"But I wonder what's inside..." Nabouru trailed off. Ruto and Linn had gone quiet.

ZEL

Zel woke up just above water. A bit dripped into her mouth from the tide, and she spat it out violently. It was salt water. She sat up, and surveyed her surroundings. She was on a beach, just outside a little village.

She spotted a little bit of movement out of the corner of her eye. She turned fully, to spot a girl about her age looking through a fissure in one of the rocks, and beginning to climb up a hidden path. Zel got up, and curiously followed the blonde girl at a distance.

She emerged into the open just in time to listen to her conversation with a familliar voice.

"You are on Outset Island. Now, who are you, and what are you doing here."

"Who are you?" A familliar voice demanded. Looking around the corner, she saw that it was Dark Linn that had spoken.

"Who I am is none of your business!" The strange blonde said, slowly and carefully, "Now, who are you? Tell me, or I will put you out of commission for good!"

Zel panicked when neither Dark Linn or Zelda answered. Their only response was to back up further towards the top of the hill. Zel looked frantically around her. Whoever this new girl was, she was dangerous.

Zel saw a curved sword lying on the ground just a little to the left of her. The only problem was that if she went to get it, she would be in plain sight of the woman. She took a deep breath, threw a rockthe girl'shead, and raced out from her hiding place as soon as the girl turned around.

Zel raced behind the girl, and put the sword to the front ofher neck from behind, capturing her in a kind of standing-up headlock.

"Who are you?" Zel growled from behind the girl, who seemed frozen in fear. It surprised all of them when she laughed.

"I am a pirate." Was all that the girl said.

"Tetra!" A strong male voice boomed through the quiet night, "Where are you?"

"Up here!" The girl called back. There was a rustling sound in the fissure, and a young man appeared through the crack.

"What the hell is going on?" He demanded. He only saw Zel and Tetra. He did not see Zelda or Dark Linn. He also did not see Zelda transform into Sheik.

"You move, you die." Zel whispered to Tetra, pressing the blade closer to her main artery. It was then that Tetra began to taste the first signs of fear.

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